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Notable & Quotable

Updated May 22, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

The following is excerpted from an editorial, "An unconscionable failure of nerve," in the May 21 issue of the Taipei Times:

Once again Taiwan's bid to become an observer to the World Health Organization has failed to make it onto the World Health Assembly's agenda -- despite the SARS epidemic [in Taiwan] and Beijing's unconscionable cover-up of its own SARS problem. The message to the people of Taiwan is that whenever this nation is faced with a future epidemic, they shouldn't hold their breath waiting for help...